1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to construction codes; modifying criminal penalties;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2016, section 326B.805, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 326B.805, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3.Prohibition. Except as provided in subdivision 6, no persons required to be 
1.7 	licensed by subdivision 1 may act or hold themselves out as a residential building contractor, 
1.8 	residential remodeler, residential roofer, or manufactured home installer for compensation 
1.9 	without a license issued by the commissioner. A person who conducts unlicensed residential 
1.10 	building contractor activity, residential remodeler activity, or residential roofer activity is 
1.11 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor.